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Prime-time Daily Monitoring Report No.22
Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ)
April 08, 2008

This report monitors the political content of ZBC's radio and television programming especially issues relating to the March 29 elections, during prime-time listening and viewing. (It does not include the content of the main news bulletins, which form the basis of separate research).

All stations (Zimbabwe Television, Spot FM and Radio Zimbabwe) are monitored from 0700hrs-1000hrs, 12 noon-1400hrs and 1700hrs-2300hrs.

Summary
ZBC remained mum on the implications of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's controversial delays in the release of the all-important presidential election results in its monitored programmes.
However, it continued airing programming marking the country's 28 years of independence from colonial rule.

Current Affairs programmes : None (all stations)

Politically influenced music
Spot FM continued playing songs commemorating Zimbabwe's attainment of independence on April 18th. These included Cde Chinx Chingaira's Nzira Dzemasoja, which highlights the doctrine of communism; PaChimoio (At Chimoio) by Flavian Nyathi and Solomon Skuza's Tribute to the Heroes: both of which pay homage to liberation war heroes. The station also played a clip from Robert Mugabe's inaugural Independence Day speech in 1980, highlighting Zimbabwe's autonomy from former coloniser Britain.

Political advertising : None (all stations)

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